CURRENT SITUATION IN APPLICATION OF TERTI ARY OIL-RECOVERY METHODS

The article surveys peculiarities and tendencies in development of ter tiary oil recovery methods in Russia and the influence imposed at the problem by consequences of the former USSR disintegration. It views th e structure of application of thermal, gas and chemical oil recovery m ethods and offers a summary of the application results. It drives atte ntion towards decrease of volume of pilot works on testing of novel te chnologies in last years. In this connection problems of water-flooded oil fields further development by means of tertiary recovery methods cause a special concern. Also presented are the results of multi-optio n forecasting for oil recovery methods application in Russia.